GhoulSlayer
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Ok guys, here's the plan: we'll kick this off the first Saturday in October (10-3-09) at 2pm est meet in Mercy Island near Kalinda. You can start your toon before then (in fact, I encourage it) but don't go above level 5 so we can set up leveling pacts and send out VG invites. As long as you remain active within the group those pacts will not be broken. That way if you miss a day you won't fall too far behind the rest of the group. Our first day the level cap will be 10 (we may come up short but don't go above it) and we will work on getting the Loa Bone badge and temp power (zombie pets). You may make any kind of mastermind you wish (not all Thermal Radiation please). The theme and the name of the VG will be Voodoo Masters of Virtue. You decide what that means. There's no actual uniform just try to come up with something that says voodoo to you. Here's my example feel free to post yours:
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I've decided to move this idea over to Virtue to get some more support. If you're interested in joining us or you have some advice to give. Please visit: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...25#post2264425
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Start making plans to join us for an all mastermind Superteam/VG here on Virtue. The start date and full details will be announced later. Basically, you can make any kind of mastermind you want to. We may or may not have a costume theme when this gets going. I would like to get some input from those who have led Superteams before. Please leave your feedback here if you have any ideas for a theme, some advice, or you just want to say that you're interested, etc. I'm thinking that we would have a twice weekly playtime format with weekly level caps. My preliminary idea is Mondays at 7:30pm est and Saturdays at 2pm est.
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Quote:I was the team leader. Yes, they knew it was my mission. Yes, they knew I was gone. Etc. They even invited me back to the team and before I could get back to the mission they finished it. They were just plain old rude. There's no other way around it.Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork
You said that you were having hardware/connection issues, which in my opinion was a totally valid reason for disappearing from the team.
But look at it from the team's perspective.
They start a mission, get partway through it and then one teammate vanishes. Likely, only the team leader who set the mission even knew whose mission it was. But how long do you stop the entire team from playing when a teammate disappears? A minute? 5 Minutes? Thirty?
Did they know you were having connection issues before you disappeared?
I've heard stories here about folks having bad PuGs and just forcing a DC rather than bow out politely, so it's possible that they thought you bailed on them to get them to do your mission for them without being there.
I think that you are attributing far worse motives on them than they actually had, and I don't think that you were cheated out of anything.
If it were a badge mission, then hopefully you got the badge, and if you didn't, you can always wait until L25+ and use Ouroboros to re-run it.
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Quote:I was completely unaware of this. You mean I could have been exploiting this for the last 5 years???Originally Posted by Catwhoorg
Except that the mission owner ALWAYS gets the badge.
A trick somepoeple used pre-flashback. Create a character get the fortune teller mission. Invite a fried and have the step in the mission. Log off, log on highbie who missed the badge. Run mission
Both the highbie and the logged off misson owner (plus the friend(s)) get the badge.
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Quote:So, say you have a badge mission since you brought him up we'll use Frostfire as an example. The team is halfway through the mission when suddenly a transformer blows, your power goes out, and you are unable to log back in for hours. The team goes on to finish your mission they get the badge and you don't. That doesn't seem fair either does it? There has to be some common ground that we can meet on. Maybe there is a way to implement this in some form and maybe there isn't. I don't know. One thing I do know is that in the case that I was involved in if those guys had just used some common courtesy we wouldn't be discussing this now.Originally Posted by Sigium
But it DOESN'T make sense! Sure, you were booted due to technical difficulties, but between Pork and myself, here are the potential outcomes of ANYTHING like you're suggesting:
1. You save the mission for yourself while the others are now completing a sort of 'mirror' -- Exploit.
2. The team gets no end-of-mission bonus experience because you were not there. -- BS.
3. The team's objectives are made impossible to finish because you're not around -- BS.
4. The team doesn't receive bonus exp until YOU get your stuff together -- BS.
5. The team is booted from the instance -- BS.
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Quote:Ok, in your scenario my idea does sound like the wrong way to go I will admit that, but that's not what happened. I was having technical problems and had to relog before going back to the mission. They had a full 5 to 10 minutes inside my mission without me and no one was anywhere near a boss when I left. This was just pure apathy. I will agree that certain difficulties need to be ironed out before and if such a thing is implemented but it isn't rubbish.Originally Posted by Sigium
Umm... What?
Imagine you've got the Frostfire mission, so your team is just working their jolly butts away towards Mr. Freezy. They finally get there, but YOU die, so then what happens to them inside? Do they kill him, but just have to wait for you to step inside? No, that's moronic.
Does Frostfire become invulnerable until you're back in? Oh, goody good, you've just caused a teamwipe.
Is the team booted from the instance until YOU get back? Well, no, that just wouldn't make sense.
In short: This idea is rubbish.
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This is something that has been bothering me for awhile and it just happened to me again. I think that it's extremely rude when I'm on a team and for one reason or another I end up outside of the mission but before I can get back in the team finishes my mission without me. I think that there should be a clicky under options so that you can disallow/allow this to happen.
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Quote:ThanksOriginally Posted by Kitsune Knight
Suggestions and Ideas Forum, under the For Fun section.
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Can someone please link me to the suggestion page? I can't find it and I made a suggestion in the wrong place last week which turned into a major drama fiasco.
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Quote:Heya LazOriginally Posted by Lazarillo
Oooohhh, pet hell, is it? I'd be interested if something gets off the ground. Any specific theme ideas, or just focusing on a nice big zerg-rush?
I'm still trying to see what kind of response I get. I don't have any ideas about a theme as of yet. Maybe you could suggest one. -
I'm thinking of starting an all Mastermind Superteam/VG on Protector. I'm new to the server but I'm an on and off veteran for the last 5 years (27 months officially). I've never led anything like this before but I just finished one with a great group over on Virtue that was all VEATS (hopefully some of them will join in the fun). I would like to get some input from those who have led Superteams before. I would also like to see how much interest this idea garners before I go forward with it. Please leave your feedback here. I'm thinking that we would have a twice weekly playtime format with weekly level caps. My preliminary idea is Mondays at 7:30pm est and either Sat. or Sun. around 2 or 3pm est.
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Quote:You're not alone, but here's some positive rep to make up for it.Originally Posted by Hellguard
LOL. Got negative rep for the above post, saying I was being "kinda whiny." Guess I shoulda added a smiley or something to show that I was joking?
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Quote:I appreciate the heads up, I saw the link you labeled announcements but the date is wrong so I didn't think it was for yesterday. Note: it's for today so get ready for another one.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
You could perhaps take a look at the announcements?
Specifically, the one labeled "NA & EU Live Server downtime – Thursday, September 17th"?
The FIRST place you should look is announcements for anything, then look in the announcements discussion forum (three down from the announcements forum). If it's not there, THEN you can come asking in PQ.
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Here's a fun toon I created. His name is Captain Mediocre. The monthly jetpack fits his costume perfectly. You can't see it from these pics but the jetpack smokes lightly from the fan area. I'm showing both of his costumes as the Johnny Average costume is a big part of who this guy is (read the bio). His height is 4'11" weight 95 lbs. I hope you like it. I would love to see what you can come up with. I actually like the star on his chest in the first pic (of the montage) much better than the Freedom Phalanx eagle in most of the pics but I didn't catch it until I was halfway done editing the pics.
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So does anyone know what the extended "emergency maintenance" in the middle of the day was about earlier today?
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Quote:Harrison Ford in Armageddon? I think you mean Bruce WillisOriginally Posted by Lightfoot
Only if I get to team up with Harrsion Ford and Aerosmith to destroy the asteroid.
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Quote:Thanks, I thought that was going to be the answer but I couldn't test it because the servers are down.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
1. Go to creation page.
2. hit Print Screen.
3. Go out to Paint (or another image editing program) and paste it in.
Printscreen does work on the character creation page - it just doesn't make a screenshot like it does in the rest of the game. (Same works for enhancement pages, too.) -
Quote:How do you take a screenie of your character creation page?Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
Scoots...have to say...love the first piece that you've done. You impressed me...much better than anything that I can do with a pencil. Take your pick, and I can supply you with more detailed ref's on any of the following:
Thanks for considering!
xoxo
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Quote:That's why you should never buy anything that's DRM!! I purchased the final season of Battlestar Galactica from Zune I wanted to play it on my portable player but because my player isn't Zune compatible I was unable to do so. Stay away from DRM. If no one buys it guess what? They will quit making it.Originally Posted by MunkiLord
Not if you have to circumvent any DRM. Under the DMCA that is illegal.
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Quote:I'm glad you are now let the rest of in.Originally Posted by Cobra_Man
I'm in the game right now.
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It's today, but if it isn't today I take it back.
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Quote:I'm not exactly sure how it works either but this can't possibly be true because I play primarily on Freedom and Virtue. Yes, the last server I played comes up as first on the list, but the other one (Freedom or Virtue) is always dead last. If your theory were correct it would be second. Does anyone know how this is decided?Originally Posted by MissInformed
When you log in, the first server is the last server you played on and then the list goes from most populated to least. (I think that's the current state of things - they reversed it at one point and I think switched it back again within the last year.)
P.S. Many players play with their main heal set to auto and forget to turn it off in populated areas. I agree that this is rude, but it's not always intentional. I've done it myself. I tend to cut others some slack at first and just ask them to shut it off. If you are talking about the random buffers that hit you with a single target buff or heal then that's obviously not unintentional. -
Quote:That looks like we're losing merits...Originally Posted by Kelenar
I wonder if anybody will even notice.
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Quote:Thanks muchOriginally Posted by Aggelakis
